Off Balance #31

👋🏾 Hi friends!

I hope you had a relaxing break over the (long) weekend and a Happy Easter to those that were celebrating 🐣.

I managed to spend a few days spending time with loved ones and dipping into writing here and there.

I’m excited to have another article being published (soon I hope!) on the Evening Standard, if you haven’t read my last two, check them out here.

One of the things I find incredibly frustrating is that writing is a creative process - even when you are writing non fiction - and it is hard to schedule in times for creativity. So I am having to find ways to create environments in which I can be creative, especially when it comes to writing the book.

If you’ve got a hack, I’d love to hear from you!

I’m well underway writing about all the things I’ve learned from the last couple of decades as founder, CFO and CEO, so sign up for early access to Off Balance - The Book and feel free to share with anyone else you think might enjoy it 😄.

Now let’s get down to business…

In this weeks Off Balance, I’ll be chatting about:

🎙️ Charles Sidman - Managing Partner of ECS Capital Partners on Nothing Ventured
📈 Carta’s European Data Insights unpacked

Would you spill your most intimate thoughts to a robot bartender? Has AI become a cult or a religion?

These were just a couple of the issues touched upon in this episode of Nothing Ventured where I sat down with Charles Sidman - Founder and Managing Partner of ECS Capital Partners, LLC.

Charles has an incredible background from building computers in his youth to 20 years as Professor of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology and a decade as Professor of Management at the University of Cincinnati before moving first into angel investing and now raising a fund.

In this episode, we talked about:

➡️ Moving from academia into venture to be able to influence the world better.

➡️ Getting to an exit within 6 weeks.

➡️ Diversity in and the interaction of the system is what matters.

➡️ Complexity science and the intersection with personalised medicine

➡️ Angel activity can be incredibly rewarding, just not necessarily financially.

Check out the episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and don't forget to rate, subscribe and like 💪🏾

Check it out and let me know what you think!

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Now let’s get into it.